Turtle Bay Boardwalk Binoculars - Redding, CA
N 40° 35.423 W 122° 22.590
10T E 552760 N 4493474
These free binoculars lie within the Turtle Bay Exploration Park (admission fees apply) and along a long boardwalk that invites visitors to admire the wetlands habitat that exists here as well as possibly catching a sight or two of the local fauna.
Waymark Code: WMFPQH
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2012
Views: 1
Visitors to the Turtle Bay Exploration Park will need to pay an admission fee (overpriced if you ask me) to access these binoculars along a long, wooden boardwalk, and there are plenty of other sights and activities to explore while here.
This particular set of binoculars is free-of-charge to use and allows visitors to get an up-close view of the wetlands habitat as well as some of the local flora and fauna that exist here. There is an interpretive sign next to these binoculars that discuss the 'Signs of the Season' in which visitors are given a different type of view depending on the time of year they visit.
Most visitors here don't realize that this area was once a large quarry operation back in the 1940s and nearby gravel from the Sacramento River was excavated then processed in a huge building where it was then passed onto a very long conveyor belt that stretched 10 miles (longest conveyor belt in the world) NW to Shasta Lake in building Shasta Dam, the second largest dam in the U.S. And it all started here. All the vegetation growth that can be seen here has only occurred after the operation was shut down after completion of Shasta Dam.
There are other waymarks within this park to visit and a few that haven't been waymarked yet, so come and visit this topiary and spend an afternoon here. Activities include an aquarium, hands-on amphibian and reptile exhibits, zoo-like cages of local animals, science and technology games, local historical displays, a butterfly house (in season), an aviary (which allows feeding of lorikeets), a playground for the kids, a boardwalk with opportunities to pet an animal or two, and finally, the regionally renowned Sundial Bridge that spans the Sacramento River and invites visitors to walk the bridge and tour a botanical garden and walking trails along the river.
Visitors interested in this exploration park can click here to visit their website and check current hours and admission fees for the park.
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